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Hydra Team Update

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Sasha Bogicevic

High-level summary

This week, the Hydra team focused primarily on changes needed in the network layer and have the first draft document related to needed design. They also improved the user experience by allowing a commit using inline datums. Discussed the off-chain governance with researchers and improved internal model tests.

What did the team achieve this week

  • Monthly report published
  • Small changes to hydraw and tutorial in light of the Masterclass
  • Investigated a bug and saw it was solved by recent developments
  • Improved the model tests by fully validating L1 transactions
  • Enhanced the /commit API to also allow commit from scripts with inline datums (user request)
  • Discussed off-chain governance with IOG and CF researchers
  • Drafted a first network specification document in the context of Network resilience

What are the goals of next week

  • Have a clear understanding of the changes we need for the "Improve network resiliency" feature
  • Groomed and agreed plan on incremental commits/decommits
  • Updated tutorials including CI workflows to check consistency
  • Update to GHC 9.6 and latest cardano dependencies (ledger/plutus)